Motor movers
How often have you been leaving a pitch with your caravan only to find you have forgotten to disengage the rollers of your motor mover..Simple tip to save that happening is when you have engaged the rollers to move you caravan, put the torque tool on the drivers seat of your car. You will always see it when about to get into the car and is that essential and unmistakeable reminder of the job that has to be done.
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Indeed, or so I'be been told
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I put it on the front of the A frame and when having a final walk around the caravan after hitching, if I have forgotten to disengage I'm hopefully going to see it.
But normally I just move the van out to a point where I can reverse the car to it if on an awkward pitch.
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It was the remote control that caught us out. It didn’t travel far on the A frame.
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+1
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When we had a freelancer we “lost” the remote, hunted high and low. Bought another as the movers aren’t much good without one. 3 months later took the spare wheel off the rear of the car and what did I find, yep the remote inside the wheel and it still worked 🤡
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That one gets dropped on the A frame also
Although my memory is not like it was, I never forget to walk a full circle around the van, to check for ground rubbish, windows, Heki's, door and finally the front locker where just in front of it is all the bits I'm liable to forget, then its time to shout at my wife while we check the lights and find she's out of sight of me 2 -
Glad I’m not the only one to have had a mishap with the remote. It’s a mistake you only make once.
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Any method to safeguard that the m.m. is not engaged is worthwhile but speaking for myself , leaving the torque tool on the A frame is likely to slide off due to the curve and land on the ground perhaps out of sight..The drivers seat is still my most likely safeguard.....Those with the non manual engagement mover have therefore only the remote to worry about...The remote, like A.N.Other, is kept around my neck with it’s lanyard.
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When doing a walk-round, don't forget to look up. It's surprising the jaunty angles that you see on some aerials.
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I have three separate lanyards, all in different colours. one for the mover, one for the locks and mover isolation key and one for the caravan door.
when I’m ready to leave the site, I transfer all three and hang the over the headrest of the passenger seat.
at a quick glance I can see them and know I’m ready to leave.
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I agree, any method to safeguard the 'bits' is worthwhile, and my 'A' frame is flat
it use to be a curvy, flappy bit of cracked plasticy rubbish. Once I have cleared my MM wrench and remote, I can even stand on it to look in the window because I have usually forgotten to close the bathroom door 
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Have you tried Google ...... ?
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I have done it. don't you feel a fool?
Saw someone else do it at West Ayton last year. We were sat in our chairs watching someone setting off home. The man got in his car to set off and he only managed to go a foot or two. He got out of the car and soon realized his mistake. I was at this point quite pleased that someone else was as daft as me. He then proceeded to disengage the mover with the handle. It then dawned on me what could happen next, the outfit was facing downhill. I didn't have time to shout out. The outfit set off and with driver running after it. Just before it went out of my sight it came to a halt. The man must have been able to catch up with it and flip on the caravan handbrake.
It could have had fatal consequences because it was heading downhill for some awnings and caravans.
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We have simple check-list which lists all the jobs to be done before moving, its surprising how many things need to be checked; tv aerials, bathroom doors, glass trays in microwave, mover etc etc. Its is quite a long list but it means we leave without incident.
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Blimey AD, those torque tools are quite heavy, you might do yourself a mischief.
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Our last caravan had a Motor Mover fitted. My wife was excellent at using it and placing the caravan exactly where it should be, both on site where the grass fingers could perhaps have otherwise been damaged and manouvering the van into our drive from the road. Women tend to be very good with Motor Movers.
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